Operation Ha-Go

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Operation Ha-Go was a Japanese World War II offensive in early 1944 aimed at attacking British forces in the Arakan region of Burma as part of Japan’s broader efforts to halt Allied advances in Southeast Asia.

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Ha-Go offensive 2
Operation Ha-Go canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II offensive
military operation
aimedAt cutting off and encircling British forces in Arakan
alsoKnownAs Type 95 Ha-Go
surface form: Ha-Go

Operation Ha-Go
surface form: Ha-Go offensive
belligerent British Indian Army
Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

United Kingdom
combatant 5th Indian Infantry Division
surface form: British 5th Indian Division

7th Indian Division
surface form: British 7th Indian Division

Japanese 55th Division
commander Mutaguchi Renya NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
country Japan
endTime 1944-02
followedBy Battle of Imphal
Battle of Kohima
geographicalFeature Kalapanzin River NERFINISHED
Mayu Peninsula
impact contributed to overextension of Japanese forces in Burma
provided experience for Allied defensive tactics later used at Imphal and Kohima
location Arakan
Colony of Burma
surface form: British Burma

Myanmar
surface form: Burma
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
notableTactic Japanese infiltration and encirclement tactics
objective attack British forces in the Arakan region of Burma
disrupt Allied advances in Burma
halt Allied advances in Southeast Asia
opponent Fourteenth Army
surface form: British Fourteenth Army

XV Corps (British India)
opposedBy British Indian Army units in Arakan
outcome Japanese forces failed to achieve decisive breakthrough in Arakan
partOf Burma campaign
Japanese 1944 offensives in Burma
Japanese operations in Southeast Asia during World War II
precededBy First Arakan Campaign
surface form: First Arakan campaign
relatedTo Operation U-Go
result Allied defensive victory in Arakan
Japanese tactical successes but strategic failure
startTime 1944-02
strategicContext Japanese attempt to pre-empt Allied offensives in Burma
temporalLocation early 1944
theater South-East Asian theatre of World War II
surface form: Southeast Asian theatre of World War II

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Operation U-Go relatedOperation Operation Ha-Go
U-Go offensive relatedOperation Operation Ha-Go
this entity surface form: Ha-Go offensive
Operation Ha-Go alsoKnownAs Operation Ha-Go
this entity surface form: Ha-Go offensive